New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-18
SOME IMPORTANT BILLS.
LIQUOR TAX AND OTHER EXCISE MEAS
URES TO CONE UP AT ALBANY

TAXATION OF LIFE INSURANCE CoMPANIES-REGU-
LATINO TELEPHONE CHARGES.
trRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIDrNR J
A1pAyY. April 17.-Some of the chief measures Of
the present session of the Legislature will be under
consideration this week. Senator Vedder's liquor tax
hill will be one of those debated. Senator Nedder is
pr airing amendments which he believes will
make the measure acceptable. As introduced the
bill does net declare with sufficient cearness that the
p-oprietors of rsto liquor store shall take out
first class license that is the most costly. The bill
left open TO liquor dealer of this class to take out
a third.class license II he was so minded Naturally
with such provisions the amount OF money received
for the tax would be far less than would be anticipated
This defect Will be remedied by Senator 'edder With
these amendments and other excellent ones, 1t
looks as if the bill would be supported HEALTHY by
larger proportion OF tho members OF the Legislature
than supDortel tho High License bill. liquor tax
bill ia very attractive to the country mem
bcrs of the Legislature whether Republicans or Dem
ocrats for 1t compels the wicked cities TO pay large
amount Of ney into the state Treasury, aud thence
IL goes forth to relieve the taxation o! country dis
tricts II is believed that May OF the country Demo
cros will vote tor the Vcdder bill 10 relieve their con-
stueuts of taxation. Several OF them show that they
think they made mistake in voting against the High
License bill. This they revealed by voting with the
Repubhcans on Saturday against Assemblyman
C,ntos bill TO authorize the sale of liquor in the
cert halls of New-Ycrk. These Democrats who thus
voted on the temperance side were Assemblyinan
Cutler. of Schenectady County; As-emblyman Burke,
of Saratoga County and Assemblyman Deicndori, OF
Monroe County.
General ~ VI. Curts's bill repeating thu hve-gallon
clause" of the excise laws reported idVorabiy by
the Assembly Excise Committee on Friday. THIS Is II
oractic,l temperance measure. Pedlers are In the
habit OF taking less than five gallons of sp'rtpous
nnors into towns that have refused TO grant licenses
and selling liquor With the clause repealed this prac-
tce will end.
The Assembly Excise Committee Will also consider
ti, week Senator Griawos hill authorizing the sale
of liauor in conct ri saloons BROOKLYN. The Assem-
bly havlas rejected a similar bill regarding the con
cert saloons Of New-York. there TO be no good
re son why an exception should be made IN favor OF
brooklyn
lhe Assembly will consider in Committee OF the
Whole this week the bill OF the Committee on W avs
and Means repeating the law q l~SO taxing ne IN
snrance companies This has never been collected
and the lite insurance companies dispute ia consulu
tonality Nevertheless they wound bc highly pleased
TO nave 1t repealed. Controller Chaplin holds mat
there il over 81 900 900 back taxes due from them
int is IN favor OF compromising With the companies
bill authorizing the Controller TO compromise WIN
the companies has been Introduced IN the Legislature
but is still IN tho possession OF the COMMITTEE on
WAYS and Means OF the Assembly .
The same committee has Ia charge senator ,ullehs
bill ering the charges Tor the OF tc'ephones 10
S6 30 q month IN New York aud Brooklyn 70
month Buffalo; - in the other ciits oil the Stat"'
and - 30 in the Villages. hearing VII pe gwen
on the bill this week which VIII he ATTENDED oy
large number of distinguished lawyers, who WILL ap
pear to oppose the aud defend the interests 0f
the Bell leie phone Company.